It'll be harder to make fun of electric cars if Nissan actually build the ESFLOW concept — a two-seat, rear-wheel-drive EV. It's the car you'd get if a 370Z ravished a Leaf — and God, do we want it. »2/09/11 9:45am 2/09/11 9:45am

Vice President Joe Biden went to Indiana today to hawk President Barack Obama's plan for spooling up electric vehicles, including instant $7,500 rebates on EVs. Nobody told him electricity is already a cheaper source of energy than oil. »1/26/11 3:00pm 1/26/11 3:00pm

Nissan's doing damage control after stirring up 20,000 pre-orders for the all-electric Leaf then delivering only 19 in December, saying it should have lowered early sales expectations. Maybe just a fist bump from the polar bear next time. [PlugInCars] »1/13/11 3:30pm 1/13/11 3:30pm

From new technology to social change, the events of the past 12 months will impact cars and transportation for years to come. Here's ten ways we predict 2010 changed the future of what you'll drive. »12/28/10 12:30pm 12/28/10 12:30pm

The first Chevy Volts for paying customers arrived today, but GM held back job one for its museum, and will auction Volt #2 to benefit education in Detroit schools. GM's also hiring 1,000 engineers for EV work. [Freep] »11/30/10 2:30pm 11/30/10 2:30pm

Honda showed off a new Fit that only travels 100 miles, tops out at 90 mph and will likely be slower than the current version when it goes on sale in 2012. Also, it's electric powered, so there's that. »11/17/10 5:20pm 11/17/10 5:20pm

Students from the Imperial College of London have spent the past four months driving the Pan-American Highway from Alaska to Argentina in an electric sports car. They cross their finish line today after 13,000 miles and several breakdowns. »11/16/10 3:40pm 11/16/10 3:40pm

Meet the Zero South PHE-PTV, a biodiesel-powered, series-electric Hummer with tracks designed for a South Pole expedition set for next year, which will apparently be filmed by the director of the Who Killed/Revived The Electric Car movies. »11/03/10 4:00pm 11/03/10 4:00pm

Actor Nathan Fillion's ardent evangelism for the Arcimoto Pulse, an electric three-wheeler, includes charming potential customers. Unfortunately for them, Arcimoto has pushed back its previous target of selling vehicles this year, and hasn't set a new one. »10/28/10 2:00pm 10/28/10 2:00pm

Wired's Chuck Squatriglia has been writing about life with the i-MiEV, Mitsubishi's pill-shaped electric car. Here he finds that the snubs from other electric vehicle drivers cut deepest. — Ed.»10/20/10 8:30pm 10/20/10 8:30pm

Pulitzer Prize-winning auto writer Dan Neil took to HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher to talk up electric cars and the GM/Chrysler bailout, but really stepped up when radio talk show host Dana Loesch debated the proper usage of "teabagger." »10/18/10 4:45pm 10/18/10 4:45pm